BC’s fracking industry operates in the northeast corner of the province, far from the biggest population centres. Yet its impacts are felt by everyone here and around the world. That’s because the gas these companies are after is methane, which heats the planet even faster than other fossil fuels. Fracking for methane gas in northeastern BC produces a fifth of the province’s carbon pollution. That total will rise if new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants are built to export the fossil fuel to As